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2005-06-25T00:46:00.000-04:00

MovieNightTonight Emmy and I ordered a two boots pizza and watched Lemony Snickets. Which.. while it certainly wan't bad, I didn't think it quite as good as I had thought it would be. The Two Boots pizza though, that was good.

2005-06-23T12:31:00.000-04:00

Just remember whos really on your side..All those folks who turn into screaming asshats when the prospect of a 'conservative' supreme court justice replacing a current justice come up, remember who's on your side."Splitting 5-4, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that a local government may seize private property for purposes of profit-making private re-development, declaring that this

2005-05-26T17:25:00.000-04:00

Common Sense-ical and whatnotFrom a Recent Walter Williams column:"I buy more from my grocer than he buys from me, and I bet it's the same with you and your grocer. That means we have a trade deficit with our grocers. Does our perpetual grocer trade deficit portend doom?"read more. please.

2005-05-20T16:47:00.000-04:00

Deep, man.. deep.Seriously though - I just found a link to an awesome site where people send in an anonymous postcard which they collect in batches and post. There are smoe really interesting/sad/moving/introspective ones up there..

2005-05-06T09:56:00.000-04:00

My pointI had a discussion with Angela a months ago where I Was trying to make the point that businesses often need government to screw over people, and government is usually more than willnig to comply. I didn't have anything really specific as an example, but I ran into this article from Walter Williams, describing how a few gasoline retailers cost Maryland gas buyers millions of dollars

2005-05-03T16:51:00.000-04:00

I got friends.. in low placesOr actually, not so low places. I got a postcard from my friend Elan, who moved out to San Fran last year. Its funny who you do and don't end up keeping in touch with. Anyways, hey there Elan - if perchance you come across my blog.

2005-05-03T16:13:00.000-04:00

WhoopsLast Sunday (May Day), while shopping at DSW/Whole Foods across from Union Square, there were a bunch of protesters and May Day supporters out protesting. One of the groups of people had a sign that said the word 'Bush', with a Swastika in place of the S. Now.. as i'm reminded on Catallarchy, Nazi stood for 'National Socialist Workers Party' of Germany. So.. perhaps I am the only one who

2005-04-24T15:32:00.000-04:00

Justify this?Take a look at this set of quotes that I just found.. "I think whats good about the movie is that it deals with rape in a subtle, open way that I think it allows it to be more complicated than just, 'Oh, look at those poor women and how hard it was for them.""Because I think she has done reprehensible things and is repsonsible in some way and I think the delicacy with which it is

2005-04-22T10:31:00.000-04:00

Writers BlockI have had the most severe writers block for the last three months or so.. I want to crank out a few more songs but can't quite get myself enough into any new idea enough to take it through to complete. I will write a few more.. soon.. hopefully?

2005-04-17T13:12:00.000-04:00

The PayoffRight now - it is sunny and almost 70 degrees in NYC. Its beautiful here.. Almost makes those 6 months of shit weather worth it? a little?

2005-04-15T11:34:00.000-04:00

Alive in 05Wow has it been three months since I posted last? Update: I played a show at CBGB 313 Gallery on Monday night. I felt really good about it. The redhead door girl (who's always been nice) told me that that she's seen a lot of people come through the singer/songwriter auditions and I stood out. yay, for what thats worth.Work is going fine - i've been on for almost 10 moths now and

2005-04-15T11:29:00.000-04:00

For those hippie activistsYour SUV supports terrorism Bryan Adams and Celine Dion!

2005-01-12T17:05:00.000-05:00

New York City Dates Well - single Perry is back. I had a date the other night. It seemed to go okay - but I can't quite place whether she's being reserved until she knows me better/feels more comfortable/etc. or whether she's just sort of uninterested. Oh well, she is going away for like 5 days and i'll see what happens if and when she calls after she gets back from out of town? Oh yeah -

2005-01-01T19:58:00.000-05:00

2005! Welcome back.. to same ole place that we talked about... Its 2005. I'm in NYC. Things are going well! On this first day of the year, I began at Joe's partay dancing, singing, carousing. It was a good time and it was nice to see everyone again. I think I had more kissing action that in the last 6 months! (Which is sad, considering I had a live in girlfriend until last month) I

2004-10-17T16:03:00.000-04:00

Hypocracy of rules If you make a rule, it should be designed so that it must be enforced 100% of the time. If this results in an absurd number of people that break the rule, that is more of an indictment of the rule than the people.

2004-09-11T13:46:00.000-04:00

First post in a while I went down to the ground zero site today. I haven't been there, nor even thought about going there in quite a while. Its not something that I do with any regularity, but somehow I felt that I needed to go this morning to make me whole again. I'll always remember that three years ago this morning i was sitting at my then crappy office job, trying to plan out a

2004-07-12T00:43:00.000-04:00

For Mere This is for Mere, whom I told that I would put together some Moore quotes that put me off to him so much. LAND" target="_blank">"The Iraqis who have risen up against the occupation are not `insurgents' or `terrorists' or `The Enemy.' They are the REVOLUTION, the Minutemen, and their numbers will grow — and they will win." "They are possibly the dumbest people on the planet . . . in

2004-07-10T15:34:00.000-04:00

Didn't want to.. but here goes tried to avoid blogging about Fahrenheit 9/11. I even in a perverse sort of way want to see the movie as i'm sure it's humorous and at the very least entertaining. But here's what I want to know. If people out there hate Bush because they feel he has taken the truth out of context to send us to war, and to perform so many other things that are against the

2004-07-07T07:30:00.000-04:00

Just a self reminder The other night during drinks, a friend was syaing that Kerry wasn't actually all that liberal, and that whole angle was generated by media. Well, here is the link that I was looking for to refute that point.. though I will research it more. "Judging by National Journal's congressional vote ratings, however, Kerry and Edwards aren't all that different, at least not when it

2004-07-06T07:22:00.000-04:00

Sports blogging Just was watching cold pizza on espn2 this morning. There were these two sports-knowitall types talking about how important the Lakers are to the NBA, such as the Yankees to baseball. I wanted to yell out - "You can't have it both ways!". Big market teams used to be able to stay rlevant and 'powerful' because they coudl spend more on small market teams, and this was logical

2004-06-30T22:54:00.000-04:00

Evangelists and Public health Nannies What do they have in common? * Both of them are sure that they know better than you abotu what is good for you * Both of them are sure that your current lifestyle is killing you, and that they need to save you. * Both of them try to manipulate public policy to make sure that their goals are met. So what if one group is predominantly on the left and the

2004-06-25T21:10:00.000-04:00

Market Failure? Try again.. I was wondering today.. When there is a 'market failure' - people call for government intervention to 'fix' the problem. Areas such as housing and welfare policy and many others use this tack. Now.. when there is a 'government failure' - such as in a great many public school systems, those same people instead of wanting 'market intervention', they want more money

2004-06-23T13:10:00.000-04:00

Of Course its not a war! From the AP: "BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A recording purportedly made by the mastermind of bombings and beheadings in Iraq threatened to assassinate Iraq's interim prime minister and fight the Americans "until Islamic rule is back on Earth." No, thanks.. really, I rather prefer the system we've got. Thanks, though! See, the big difference here is that we have an open and

2004-06-23T12:58:00.000-04:00

The Better System? Hey, commiesneo-socialist sympathizers.. If Cuba is such a fine and upstanding place, why is it that people risk life and limb just to make it out of there and to the shores of America? Do you think that they might know something that you don't?

2004-06-08T00:38:00.000-04:00

Words to live by "There is no limit to what you can accomplish if you don't care who gets the credit." - R. Reagan.

2004-06-07T15:13:00.000-04:00

What?! Id like you read the following passage with me, written by Michael Feingold in the Village Voice. Hey, read it out loud even, just so that you can hear how the words sound out loud: "Republicans don't believe in the imagination, partly because so few of them have one, but mostly because it gets in the way of their chosen work, which is to destroy the human race and the planet. Human

2004-05-18T16:35:00.000-04:00

Mr. Lapse Wow. I haven't posted on here in quite a while. Since the last post I have graduated from school, went to State College, PA to watch Sandy graduate from school and further buckled down the job hunt. As I have some more time, usual crap/analysis/rambling will continue.

2004-05-07T12:05:00.000-04:00

Two sides of the same coin Today, walking into the subway I saw some graffitti on the construction entrance of a building that said "Repubs Lie". And I immediately started thinking - so what, Dems don't lie? "I did not have sexual relations with that woman!" comes to mind pretty easily. I think that if people took the venom that they direct at the 'other' party and directed that

2004-05-03T23:03:00.000-04:00

A novel Idea Instead of forcing other to pay for decisions, perhaps if you have strong enough convictions, you should vote to pay the higher taxes that are required to support whichever programs that you want. Imagine a system where people could choose to fund whichever programs they wanted, and their tax bills were changed by as such. In that type of a system, people could express their

2004-05-02T20:07:00.000-04:00

A year Its almost been a year since I started blogging. It goes by so quickly...

2004-04-30T11:01:00.000-04:00

Tillman Redux He's more of a hero than you'll ever be, buddy...

2004-04-29T13:03:00.000-04:00

Money talks, principles walk I was thinking yesterday about how sharp the ideological divide is between the donkey/elephant camps. I came down to the fact that most of what is being fought over is funding and funding levels for this program or for that taxcut.. etc. etc. etc. That's when it hit me. It's a lesson was taught so long ago to everyone, but as I see it is easily forgotten.

2004-04-28T15:33:00.000-04:00

Even if you're Anti-Bush, at least be pro-American I'm sure that everyone knows about the Pat Tillman story by now.. Gave up a multi million dollar NFL contract to go serve in the Army Rangers. Sadly, he was killed in Afghanistan this week. Upon mentioning this to one of my friends, he said - "Man, I feel bad for him, but The Bushes are just going to use this to justify the war". And it took

2004-04-28T12:38:00.000-04:00

Almost home free I don't think i've gone without blogging for this long in a while. I'm currently finishing up school and clearing out my brain - at which time I will be able to start anew.

2004-04-19T15:16:00.000-04:00

Springtime With graduation coming to a quick head and a bunch of loose ends to tie up, there may not be quite as much out of me for the next week or two. Also, it is really really beautiful outside. Wintertime in NYC in miserable, but springtime is a decent little exchange, at the very least.

2004-04-19T00:31:00.000-04:00

playin I saw Joe's new band this weekend. It was good. it greased my wheels about getting on the horse with the writing. I have one song completely done and sounding good. I gotta get on the rest, though..

2004-04-15T18:50:00.000-04:00

First friendster.. now breedster? I've been on breedster for a few days. Its this game where you are a larve, then a pupae and then a bug. And the only things that you can do is move, eat, poop and 'do it'. If for some random reason you read this and want to play (you have to be invited), I have an 'egg' or two to donate.

2004-04-15T11:48:00.000-04:00

Will the last commie to leave please shut the lights on the way out? [thanks to Virginia Postrel for her writeup] Um.. I'm not quite sure what to make of this other than the fact that I really honestly didn't think that anyone could be so.. what is the word i'm looking for.. blind? naive? This is Oliver Stone talking about Cuba and Castro on Slate: "It does have that [communist] aura,

2004-04-15T11:20:00.000-04:00

Mind blowing I was reading this book last time I was home about the universe. This really grand and mentally awkward point was made that made me think: If the universe really truly is infinite and never ever ends, then somewhere out there is a planet with me on it, and i'm living exactly the same life but wearing a blue instead of a white shirt. And there's another where I ate a roll this

2004-04-14T14:30:00.000-04:00

A real defense for terrorism There is a great article that Glenn Reynolds put up on TechCentralStation recently. The main point is that while the 911 commission is arguing over who is at fault, the CIA and FBI are at each others necks for who is really to blame, the Department of Homeland Security and its massive budget and stable of employees are working to try to protect us, we are missing

2004-04-14T13:17:00.000-04:00

Just 'falling' in line I have always thought that when something is just to good to be true, it isn't. When something seems just way too easy, there's always a price to pay for it down the road. Being up in New York and especially in New York in a university setting has really exposed me to a lot of different people with a lot of different worldviews than my own, for which I am appreciative.

2004-04-14T12:51:00.000-04:00

Random Blurbs for the Afternoon If its real to you, its real. Sometimes, there really is nobody to blame. Control of everything leads to control over nothing. The best defense is a large tumbler of whiskey.

2004-04-14T01:54:00.000-04:00

Revelations I always thought that I wanted grad school to challenge me. I found out that I don't really want a huge challenge, but somehting both challenging and 'handleable'. I am about to get my life back after tomorrow. I've spent more time working on a paper about the new lead paint law in NYC over the last semester than i have ever spent on any one thing ever. It has kicked my ass.

2004-04-13T14:04:00.000-04:00

More Funnica than Hannukah Well, maybe not more.. but close? (It's a link to customize your very own lego person)

2004-04-11T13:31:00.000-04:00

Happy Easter! that's all!

2004-04-10T15:19:00.000-04:00

Wonderful day, why am I blogging? There is a GREAT interview with Clay Shirky on Gothamist about Blogging and New York and a bunch of other stuff. My favorite quote: "Go to any party -- architects, fashion designers, mathematicians -- and you'll hear the same thing, and usually so subtle, so sophisticated: "Well, I enjoyed the piece, but I thought it was a little derivative", "The building

2004-04-09T13:32:00.000-04:00

I should be working but.. This is a pretty cool timekiller. It allows you to play around with the federal budget, cutting/eliminating or adding to budgets for almost all of the major budget areas to see what the end results are. I know, I know. I'm a dork. But a happy and procrastinating dork nonetheless.

2004-04-09T12:27:00.000-04:00

Musical Morning I am listening to the new Ben Kweller album that I bought at the show the other night and.. its great! For real. Go buy it - here! In other news, I think that I had a breakup conversation wednesday night.. not sure though.. and im not sure what it means that i'm not sure. Oh well. Happy friday!

2004-04-07T19:11:00.000-04:00

Oh just too good.. I've sort of left most of the anti Florida State invective behind as i've gotten a bit older but still.. it's still nice to get a little dig in here and there... Here's a story in the Tally Democrat about their brilliant Pres-o-dent. Florida State University President T.K. Wetherell knows how to get attention. But his recent technique for driving home his point may be

2004-04-07T15:37:00.000-04:00

Put your Money where your federal regulations are [again, thanks to Reason Hit & Run for the pointer] A really thought provoking story in Wired mag about how environmental groups are starting to purchasing EPA pollution credits in order to retire them and make sure that noone can 'use them' - in a sense using the market to provide for clean air. Its still in its infancy but imagine how much

2004-04-07T13:51:00.000-04:00

Kweller-ific! I saw Ben Kweller/Death Cab for Cutie last night at Irving. Death Cab is too 'whiny emo' for me - It's for that same Dashboard Confessional crowd of which I just don't quite relate. But.. BK played a great show. The moment of the night for me was when he rocked out Ice Ice Baby on the Acoustic - Bravo. I bought his new CD there, which is pretty decent as well. Anyways, I

2004-04-06T15:23:00.000-04:00

Really quickly Ever notice how people that complain about Halliburton never associate that only through the force and propriety of government does that company get to amass the mega bucks and oil contracts that are so hated? You think that they get these big ass contracts by themselves on a fair playing field without someone from government using the one of the only true powers of government (

2004-04-05T15:33:00.000-04:00

How ACORN, Unions and Government teamed up to stop volunteerism [thanks to Reason Hit & Run for the pointer] Here's an article in the SF Gate about this nice little story: 1 - California Watershed protection groups recruit young bright eyed environmentally active teens to volunteer in helping to clean up and mend the sensitive watershed areas around the state. A group of these teens

2004-04-05T14:14:00.000-04:00

Just a 'lil Florida Love Virginia Postrel posts that life ain't so bad down there 'round my home state. "Consider one staggering contrast: Florida added 131,400 non-agricultural jobs in the 12 months that ended in February, the most recent month for which state numbers are available. During that same period, the United States as a whole generated 209,000, according to revised figures released

2004-04-05T00:31:00.000-04:00

Random Words for the night Biggie Stoked Somethin' Lovely Rockin Question Drive

2004-04-02T14:26:00.000-05:00

Time Flies.. I remember being younger and reading some great books, hearing wonderful music, seeing striking art and having all of these things move me in their own ways. I remember promising myself that I would devote more time into things that could 'move' myself and others. Unfortunately, I have let so many years fly on by without spending any major time writing, creating music or trying

2004-04-01T13:02:00.000-05:00

Necessary Evils I remember a story a few years back about when the life on Mars thing was first becoming a media event. I believe it was Jerry Falwell, but it could have been Robertson or someone else who said something along the lines of - "If there really are Martians that we find there, they would immediately have to refute their beliefs and submit themselves to Jesus, lest they go to hell"

2004-03-31T14:56:00.000-05:00

I'm King of the World! No, John Kerry, there really isn't anything that you can do about gas prices, short of streamlining all of the gasoline formulation rules that exist and seriously pissing off the 'green' portion of your party. Read more at Lynne Kiesling's site. Am I the only one who finds it amusing when some politician is talking about creating 1 million jobs, or holding the price

2004-03-31T13:26:00.000-05:00

Pharma-portance This chart below is from Forbes Magazine. The World's Top-Selling Drugs Drug Purpose U.S. Sales ($bil) Lipitor Lowers cholesterol $6.80 Zocor Lowers cholesterol 4.4 Zyprexa Anti-psychotic 3.2 Norvasc Lowers blood pressure 2.2 Erypo (Procrit) Treats anemia 3.3 Ogastro/Prevacid

2004-03-30T15:01:00.000-05:00

The un-music week Now. Let me start by saying that I Love/Amor/<3 my iPod. It's wonderful. But I started to think the other day that perhaps I just crank on the iPod all the time so that I don't actually have to think about anything? I spent the last few days walking around and on the train sans headphones and just thinking about stuff and paying attention - and quite honestly I feel much

2004-03-29T12:30:00.000-05:00

Yaaaaaaay It's my birthday... el yaaaaaaayyyyyy!

2004-03-29T12:11:00.000-05:00

Monday thoughts on the Train I am re-reading Douglas Coupland's book Life After God and just as it did when I first read it, it got me thinking a bit about beliefs and life and mankind and etc... A lot of his writing is based on the idea of being lost and trying to find your way back, and I always manage to find it inspirational. One of the questions that was asked was basically that, If you

2004-03-28T16:25:00.000-05:00

Whew.. Last night was the birthday party. It was fun, then it was blurry, then I ended up the night eating a turkey club at 6AM. yee-haw NYC.

2004-03-26T12:32:00.000-05:00

Why I love the Blogosphere From Juan-Non Volokh of Volokh Conspiracy yesterday.. "Too often policy arguments proceed as follows: A) the market 'fails' because it does not produce the theoretically optimal result, therefore B) government intervention is necessary. But B does not follow from A. The failure of market processes to produce an optimal result does not ensure that the political

2004-03-26T12:23:00.000-05:00

My Upcoming 27-ness On Monday I will be 27. It's almost time to get my 'grown-up' on. almost...

2004-03-26T11:58:00.000-05:00

It can't happen to me?! Ok. In the NY Post today is a story about a holdup of a Queens bodega, whereby the attempted robber mishandled his gun in an attempt to shoot the grocer, but the grocer shot back and wounded the thief in the head. I have so many friends that are anti-gun that it's amazing to me. The criminals always find a way to get a gun, and if we aren't allowed to have them in

2004-03-26T11:12:00.000-05:00

Quick Thought for the Day Reading through a comments section off of The Agitator, someone sort of repeated a thought that I had a while back but wasn't quite able to form coherently into a thought. The reason that I don't like 'progressive' tax systems such as what we've got is that the less connection people have between their choices and the taxes that they pay, the more likely they are to

2004-03-24T14:12:00.000-05:00

All that is 'equal' is not good Ahem.. CNN reports: "Oregon County Bans All Marriage". Quoth a city official: "It may seem odd," Benton County Commissioner Linda Modrell told Reuters in a telephone interview, but "we need to treat everyone in our county equally." So let me get this straight. Rather than letting even some of the population marry, it is more important to be 'equal' than to be

2004-03-23T15:51:00.000-05:00

Cycles I start to notice some cycles and I wonder if other people see them. Here's the one thats on my mind this afternoon. People will (over)react to an event, and call for immediate regulation of a good or service (gas prices, mad cow disease, flight safety, electricity deregulation, traffic, ephedra.. you fill in the blank) Then, then the stifling effects of regulation start to play

2004-03-22T21:46:00.000-05:00

Quarter Year Resolutions 1. Find time to surf more often. 2. Lose some weight and quit being so out of shape. 3. Keep putting things in their right perspective. 4. Stick to the next 'real' job.

2004-03-22T03:46:00.000-05:00

I'm baaack! Back from Rincon, PR. Much fun was had, much warmth was enjoyed. Now i'm back inthe big ole city and I got lots of stuff to do. more to follow..

2004-03-17T18:18:00.000-05:00

Things that I must say to a waiter soon.. waiter: Sir, how was your meal? me: Mmmmmmmmm MMMmmmmmmm, Bitch! waiter: ??????! (Idea thanks to Dave Chapelle - he is one funny ass guy)

2004-03-15T15:34:00.000-05:00

Chillin.. At home in Ft. Lauderdale. There are a crapload of people here for Spring Break this year, which is kind of cool to see. Every year the beach seems to get that much more busy. I'm wondering what the days were like in the early 80's when this place was a Spring Break haven.. my brother assures me that it was in fact, crazy. Tomorrow night i'm headed to see a speech by one of the

2004-03-14T20:48:00.000-05:00

Spring Breakin it There will be some light blogging as I spend the week in Ft. Lauderdale and in Rincon, Puerto Rico. BTW - it rally is beautiful down here in the FLA.. It gets knocks from people for being a retirement haven, but it's all good. We know better.

2004-03-11T12:03:00.000-05:00

Paging Bill O'Reilly Hey O'Reilly.. Here's a little story for you. Down in Osceola (Kissimmee) High School, in the 'sticks' of Florida - two students died in a drag racing accident and a beloved teacher passed away from breast cancer all in the span of the last month. Spirits were low, everyone was sad, and the rigors of the school year were weighing down pretty hard on everyone. But

2004-03-11T00:38:00.000-05:00

Ok, just one rant.. Dammit dammit dammit. Why the hell does the Congress of the U.S. think that they have the right to waste the resources of this country holding hearings on drug testing in baseball? I can't really seem to remember seeing anything in the Constitution about drugs, doping, baseball or anything even remotely to do with any of it. I would LOVE for some of these guys to read

2004-03-10T23:13:00.000-05:00

Just a moment To sit and relax because I'm done with my midterms. To enjoy my apartment, my friends and New York.. and to look forward to Fort Lauderdale, Heather, Puerto Rico, Surfing and a grand ole time over Spring Break.

2004-03-10T11:14:00.000-05:00

Rage-oline? It always struck me as odd how people are so reactive to gasoline prices. Gasp! It's gonna reach $2! Well.. I mean, Lets start off with a little math. Lets pretend that your average driver goes 15,000 mi/yr in their car. (A fairly decent average I think) And that the average car gets 20 mi/gallon. (SUV's and trucks get less but many cars get more..) So that means that your

2004-03-09T13:32:00.000-05:00

On and on.. I feel so busy today.. but still time to blog about this: (thanks to the Reason Blog) How to End-Around Personal Responsibility, a Primer Step 1 - Try your damndest to get universal health care, or at least to have the public sector control and fund healthcare to the highest extent possible Step 2 - Try to link all kinds of things to negative health results, such as smoking,

2004-03-08T14:16:00.000-05:00

On a roll today.. I want to start with my fundamental definition of what government is. "Government" is the act of telling somebody what to do. Now, don't get me wrong, telling people what to do isn't inherently bad.. Many things do call for a set of rules that if not flexible at least set up a system whereby people can freely and peacefully interact. Many times, parents are forced to

2004-03-08T14:03:00.000-05:00

Another Sowell Post While I don't agree with everything that Thomas Sowell says, he puts forth some eloquent arguments. In this case, he says something that I argue about endlessly with other students of planning up here at school. What gives someone the right to think that his rights are more important than someone else's? The whole talk about preserving community and NIMBYism flys so much

2004-03-08T13:19:00.000-05:00

Friends left behind I've gotten good practice at having groups of friends slide away. Graduation is coming up in just about 2 months now, and as much as I really like a lot of the people that I interact with, i'm pretty sure that this will be it as far as keeping in touch with many if not most of them. Again, i'm not sure what exactly to make of the fact that many of the people that fill

2004-03-07T03:45:00.000-05:00

My Street Cred Weekend So I had an all Brooklyn weekend as to now. Yesterday went to Freddy's, Great Lakes and Al Di La. (Which also happens to be one of the best restaurants.. ever..) And then tonight went to Joe's in S. Slope and then Dave's in Prospect Heights. It's kinda nice to not have to go into the city, ya know?!

2004-03-04T10:51:00.000-05:00

MBTI Action - Catch it! So I took an MBTI last year and I scored ENTP. But I wasn't too sure about it. I just took another test and it said the same thing.. I wonder how much of those tests, however are more to do with your internal image of yourself as opposed to who you really are.. ENTP - "Inventor". Enthusiastic interest in everything and always

2004-03-04T09:13:00.000-05:00

One trend, light on the ice.. This graph from Foreign Policy magazine shows women's well being vs. globalization. I see a trend, and you should too.. On a side note - the womens well being rankings are from the UN, just so there's no question about biased measurements..

2004-02-27T16:36:00.000-05:00

Busy Body Just a few things to say for today: It is REALLY nice outside in NYC today. I hope it gets warm soon. I have a happy hour and two birthday parties to go to.. busy day today! I am never surprised at how much effort it takes to really learn the truth about something. I spent 4 and a half hours in a meeting about the 101-A lead paint bill paper that we're writing for my land use/

2004-02-26T11:40:00.000-05:00

That's just the way it is.. some things may never change! I was perusing Thomas Sowell's site and came on the following quote: To liberals, "compassion" means giving less productive people the fruits of the efforts of more productive people. But real compassion means enabling less productive people to become more productive themselves. That way, the poor have not only more material things but

2004-02-23T00:43:00.000-05:00

Song-n-Dance I'm pretty much done with two new songs this week, Dub and Careermove (tentatively named). 8 more to go! i'm gonna try my best to hook up a small Brooklyn gig somewheres if I can get 10 quality songs together before May.

2004-02-21T12:25:00.000-05:00

Valentine's Day Today is the make-up Valentine's day. Last weekend, the flights were super expensive so this weekend I flew home so that we could do the low-key Val's day. It's a nice day already and hopefully it'll get nicer. =)

2004-02-21T11:47:00.000-05:00

It's not just about the jobs, stupid I have long had a problem with people using 'jobs' to justify programs, funding, tax policy changes, or etc.. People just throw out that "X # of jobs will be created!" and then just go along with whatever plans that appealed to them in the first place. I have a scenario for those folks. In many inner cities, the most lucrative 'job' is that of drug dealing.

2004-02-20T14:57:00.000-05:00

Sweet, sweet.. sunshine In FLA right now. Its like 72 degrees out. Wonderful. simply simply wonderful.

2004-02-16T14:15:00.001-05:00

Progressive = Regressive? Now, I'm not rich. Nor do I claim that I might ever be.. However, in this talk about fairness and equity that gets thrown around so often, how fair is this? The top 50% of wage earners pay 96% of federal taxes. What? I'm SURE that the bottom 50% of wage earners have more than 4% of the nation's wealth. Also, the top 10% of earners pay almost two thirds of the

2004-02-13T16:37:00.000-05:00

It's us against them! Today I read a column written by Holman Jenkins of the WSJ editorial board. It goes a decent way to explaining what the deal is behind this whole drug costs health care hullabaloo that's going aorund lately in all of the Democratic campaigns. It goes something like this: If this column sounds like one four years ago, that's because Democrats are running against their

2004-02-12T16:08:00.000-05:00

Sleepy Perry I am super super tired today. I was on the phone last night with Heather from 1:30 till almost 4 in the morning. Arguing about what? Somehow, its not enough to love someone, you have to love someone in the exact way that they want it. Well I hope that we can just kinda throw away the "how do we get there" issues and just make sure that we're in fact, there.

2004-02-10T23:05:00.000-05:00

It's not Friday, and I got lots of shit to do.. And I needs to find a job... J. O. B. Today I heard from K. Backus, which was nice. I probably put in about 6 or 7 other resumes as well, so i'll sit back and see if I hear back from anyone. (City of Plantation, anyone?)

2004-02-09T00:22:00.000-05:00

Hurrah! Sent away the deposit for the PR place. I'm really looking forward to going surfing again and spending with with Vain and Mark. It'll be a fun time. Now if only I don't go broke between now and then, it'll all be good.. =)

2004-02-02T01:48:00.000-05:00

Song-n-Dance Laid down a new song at Joey's tonight after the super bowl party. It was cool - I hope to have more! the supa bowl party was fun too. Met some inneresting folks. The band connection has extended my friend network like 10 times more that just school alone ever could have, and that's pretty cool. Now it's sleepytime!

2004-01-29T15:23:00.000-05:00

Fun little quiz of the day Which Founding Father Are You? Ahh Good ole TJ. My favorite founding father, I think..

2004-01-28T15:24:00.000-05:00

Semi-National Man of Mystery! create your own visited states map or write about it on the open travel guide Neat little site that lets you highlight the states that you've visited. I think I see a pattern, there..

2004-01-24T13:08:00.000-05:00

Voice or Exit? Via Lynne Kiesling via Adam Smith Institute, comes a great article. The point to it goes somehting like this: Those who want to increase governemnt handouts advocate for voice. Everyone gets a piece from the government, and your share is determined by your voice. If you don't like what you get, you can use your voice to influence the agencies that determine your share.